Someone totaled my 1984 300sdt by hitting me head on. Heads up It was sent to Baton rouge for auction. Show room shape prior to accident. They wanted to resell it to me for 2 grand and I refused. I cried and cried but accepted it's death. Wish I could find another but that may never happen. Had 118.000 on car. Ray M

The normal buy back on a totalled car is 1/10 of retail value. They think your car was worth 20K? Get them to pay you that!

Sorry to hear of the loss.

Glad you are oK.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Sad news. Hope you were OK.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

It was my wife and in another car she would be dead instead of banged up badly. They only offered 12,000. I had to fight for that and still think I got stiffed. Ray M

Well your car may be dead but at least you aren't! 12K doesnt seem bad at all to me.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

What kind of vehicle hit you?

Sorry to hear of your loss, and glad to hear the car protected your family.

Ken300D

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1982 300D at 351K miles
1984 300SD at 217K miles
1987 300D at 370K miles

Glad to hear she isn't seriously injured.
Any pics of the cars?

It is a terrible loss, but life is always more important than a car or money. Be thankful that is what you were driving, or things may have not come out well. Thats one of the major reasons to drive these cars (and MBs in general) is that when the day a car hits you in a major collision, you will likely walk away....not so in many many other vehicles out there.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

A large pick up het her. Thankfully the were both only going about 35 40 mph

I'm glad your wife is OK. 35-40mph in a head on collision is not that slow. That's like hitting a stationary barrier at 70-80mph.

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1992 Mercedes 190D 2.5 turbo 5sp manual. EGT+boost gauges. Boost controller set to ~14.5 psi. 1 1/4 turns on full load adjustment. LPG injection. Next in the list is water injection.

Ouch. Happy to hear everyone is OK. These 126s are really amazing when you think of the crumple area, and how most of the car is designed to manage energy in a crash. Even the driveline is designed to collapse, using the entire mass to absorb energy. It seems more Engineering went into these cars then Today's cars. Seen the new Lexus commercials with "Active Safe"? Mercedes had active belt pre-tensioners in '85 LOL.
Simply amazing these cars can take incredible amounts of abuse due to good engineering and good materials.

glad everyone is ok. Good thing it was in a W126 and not a kia or something. I bet you can get a really nice example of a W126 for around 12k... but if you really want to fight them for the full value you had it apraised for

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, but I agree with others that $12K isn't bad. In fact I'd say that's very generous, especially from an insurance company. The only problem will be finding another car like that if it really was in showroom condition. How did the pickup truck fare and what kind was it?

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

This video pretty much sums it up.

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1990 300D 2.5 Turbo -155k
2000 E430 - 103k
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel 4x4 - 11k
2014 VW Passat TDI SE - 7k Bro's Diesel
2006 E320 CDI - 128k Pop's Benz

Pre-glow - A moment of silence in honor of Rudolph Diesel

i PRINTED OUT FROM ANOTHER SOURCE THAT THIS CAR WAS A 123.153 NOT A 126. ENGINE WAS A 617.952. A 1984300CD TURBO.